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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Investment Zones & Distinct Communities. The Cape Coral Economic Development Office has designed several investment zones to enhance and tailor growth with a visionary outlook. Here are few that are ideal for retail because of their locations and high traffic counts: Veterans Investment Zone. Cape Coral ranks No.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge. Houston (Zone 84) and El Paso (Zone 68) also shined in BF’s new ranking of top Foreign Trade Zones. 8 finish in our 2012 global ranking.

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Seaports Safe Harbors for U.S. Industrial Real Estate Sector

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Plans to revitalize the Panama Canal were first announced in 2006, with a scheduled completion date of 2014; this has since been revised to 2015. Similarly, others that are competitive shipping destinations, such as Houston, Miami and Baltimore, are moving to re-establish more solid industrial leasing and investment conditions.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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The Director of Economic Development, Frank Fink will serve as the Parish guide to finding the right site, work through Zoning and Permitting issues and provide a complete set of regional demographic data and interpretation. Generally these sites are leased. The public sites include: The two (2) ports and the municipal airport.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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The Collaborative Innovation Center at Carnegie Mellon University had been our home since 2006, and our relationship with CMU remains invaluable to us.”. Ceva will be the ninth company in the KBA facility, which is 80 percent leased. IceCure Medical is leasing space in GCIC’s 50,000 sq. In September 2012, IceCure Medical Ltd.,

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Less Is More In New England

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The strategy approved in 2006 encouraged major changes to process and policy, and also focused on making incremental improvements. The Granite Ridge Development District: The creation of the Granite Ridge Development District, a 913-acre commercial and entertainment zone, involved policy changes as well as active investment attraction.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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